Interactive Writing II Session #10: December 4th, 2009
Assigned 1 paragraph of chapter 4 per student to translate into Japanese. Conferenced with each student to confirm outstanding assignments. When to do the make-up classes? I cancelled Nov. 6th class due to entrance exams at my home university. I will also cancel January 15th class in order to attend a conference. Official make-up days [...]
Research in English II Session #10: December 4th, 2009
Checked with each student all outstanding assignments. Returned old papers Unit VII Part 1 worksheet Free time for writing report #2 (this report is due next wekk, Dec. 11th)
Interactive Writing Session #4: October 16th, 2009
Image by Ravages via Flickr UPDATE: Test yourself! Try this vocabulary quiz about chapter 1 of Little Plum. Test yourself! Try this quiz on some of the words we read today in chapter 2. Review of basic rules of English writing: 5 conditions for a simple sentence complex sentences + common errors (fragments, run-ons, and [...]
Research in English II Session #4: October 16th, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Review of basic rules of English writing: simple sentence 5 conditions: capital letter, subject, verb, period, space. complex sentences + common errors (fragments, run-ons, and comma splices) the nature of the paragraph – unity, grouping of sentences, topic sentence, major supports, transitions. the nature of the essay (according to Andy Gillett) –made [...]
Interactive Writing Session #2: October 2nd, 2009
Hello, Interactive writers! Today’s lesson plan: Writing: paragraph format and email format. Interview a classmate Complete a form letter about your classmate Write out the letter, using correct paragraph format Re-write 1 paragraph from your “Summer Vacation” (which you wrote last week) using correct paragraph format. Assignment/HWK: Type a self-introduction letter, using correct paragraph format in [...]
Research in English Session #2: October 2nd, 2009
Hello, Researchers in English! Today’s lesson plan: Check the homework （ええ！宿題あったの？！） Writing: paragraph format and email format. Interview a classmate Complete a form letter about your classmate Write out the letter, using correct paragraph format Re-write 1 paragraph from your “Summer Vacation” (which you wrote last week) using correct paragraph format. Assignment/HWK: Chp 5 p. [...]
Research in English II
Image via Wikipedia Hi, Researchers! Welcome to Sheffner’s Research in English IID. Homework: Answer the questions in the textbook on page 29 Read some of the Australian news posts on this blog, choose one that interests you, and leave a comment about it. The Australian news posts are Unexpected visitor Aborigines not getting the houses [...]
Interactive writing II
Image via Wikipedia Hello, Interactive Writers! Welcome to Sheffner’s Interactive Writing II. Students are still deciding which class to take, and some have not yet made up their minds. Some students would like to know more about this class before they make up their minds: what kind of class is it? what is the textbook [...]
Interactive Writing session #11: July 3rd, 2009
Image via Wikipedia IMPORTANT NOTICE There WILL be an examination – July 24th. (In today’s class, I said there would not be an examination: that was incorrect). I will tell you more about the examination next class – July 10th. It will be a reading and writing exam, based on the two textbooks we have [...]
Interactive Writing session #6: May 29th, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Look at the MLA Guidebook on how to reference a book (page 1) and a movie (page 3). Go back to your blog entry where you wrote about a movie and a book Add a reference to the book and the movie USING THE MLA FORMAT (i.e. exactly the same as in [...]
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